Kite string reel



Feb. 12, 1952 F, 5 MlLLER 2,585,263

KITE STRING REEL Filed June 29, 1946 INVENTOR.

frank/z'nMzf/er PatenteJ Feb. 12; 1 952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

Franklin S. Miller, Elmwood Park, Ill.

Application June 29, 1946, Serial No. 680,462

1 Claim. 1

My invention relates to kite string winding, and feeding out or reelingdevices.

An important object of my invention is to provide a box-like structurein which a central square mandril or spindle is secured having fourwinding blade elements secured thereto, so that adjacent windingelements, and the string wound thereupon form triangulated space areas.The said central spindle or axle being provided with winding means topermit the string to be wound up, or to be payed out; the one wall ofthe case of my invention being provided with a hardened, or porcelainguide means to prevent wear of the kite string being payed out, orreeled in.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device of theafore-mentioned character, which is simple in construction, easy tomanipulate, practical and eificient for the purposes for which it isdestined to be used, and of such simple elemental construction as towarrant economical manufacture thereof in quantity production.

Other features, and ancillary objects, inherent in my invention willbecome apparent from an examination of the accompanying drawings,bearing further elucidation in the ensuing description, wherein likesymbols are used to designate like parts, and in which;

Fig. l is a perspective view of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a top view, with certain portions in section and broken away,in order to more clearly exhibit and depict the elemental structure ofmy invention.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the reeling structure used in connection withmy invention.

Fig. 4 is the guide means, secured to one wall of my invention, toprevent wear of the string being payed out, or reeled in.

Referring to the various views, my invention is generally designated 5,and consists of four walls 6, preferably resolving an elongated box-likeformation, open at the top and bottom, and being provided with boredopenings on two opposed walls, preferably the long walls, in order toaccommodate the trunnions 8 of the square central reel spindle 1, whichis of square formation, in order to have secured thereto the reel slats,or blades, or elements, l6, ll, 18 and [9, which in turn are providedwith arcuate end portions, respectively, designated 20, 2!, 22 and 23 onwhich the string 24 is wound, as indicated in Fig. l and Fig. 3.

The central spindle I is provided with a central bore 9 in which issecured by drive fit the axle l0, having the sho'ulder l 4 for receivingthereagainst the handle lever I I, secured rigidly in place by the nutl2 and the washer l3. The handle I may be thread will wind up neatly,and be free from any dirt or foreign substance, which will be preventedfrom accumulating on the reel structure itself, in view of the fact thatit is the province of the guide and stripper bushing 25 to so function.The bushing 25 is firmly lodged in the front wall of the box-likestructurefi, where the end of the string 26 leading to the kite iseither payed out, or wound up by the operation of rotating the handleelement l5, or by releasing the same and using the hand to brake thevelocity of unwinding of the reel structure in the center thereof.

The use of the device is obvious and self-evident as indicated inFig. 1. The device is very economical to manufacture, and certainsimplifications may be resorted to, that is, if preferable, looking atFig. 2 one trunnion 8 may be extended, and one end of the lever l Isuitably bored, may be fitted thereonto by a drive fit; while the handle[5 may be driven into the other end of the lever l l without using thepivotal studs shown.

I believed I have herein described, rather succinctly, the construction,use and operation of my invention, and inasmuch as the same issusceptible of modifications, alterations, and improvements, I herebyreserve the right to all modifications, alterations, and improvements,coming Within the scope and spirit of my invention and disclosure, aswell as any that are suggestively indicated and depicted in theaccompanying drawings, as well as any that may fall within the purviewof the foregoing description and disclosure; my invention to be limitedonly to the subjoined claim.

Having thus described and revealed my invention, what I claim as novel,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A kite string reel, comprising a four walled box structure, a squarespindle provided with cylindrical trunnions journaled between oppositewalls of the said box, string winder blades of rectangular formationand-rigid construction fixedly secured each to a face on the said squarespindle in transversal relationship therewith whereby one end of anyblade is perpendicular to and in contact with an adjacent blade at apoint intermediate the ends of said adjacent blade, the said winderblades being provided with arcuately 3 formed recesses on their freeedges adapted to retain a quantity of kite string and permit reeling upand paying out the same, handle means rigidly secured to one end of thesaid spindle, and obliquely positioned bushing means adapted to feedtherethrough the kite string, the said bushing being secured to one ofthe remaining walls.

FRANKLIN S. MILLER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the tile ofthis patent:

Number UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Sweet Apr. 18, 1882 Maguire Apr.16, 1907 Sanders June 27, 1911 Shaw Jan. 5, 1932 Jackson May 24, 1932Lyon June 12, 1933 orter R1248, 1936

